QEII Extra Thick
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6/19/2025
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Piedfort (from the French for "heavy foot") is an unusually thick coin, often exactly twice the normal weight and thickness of other coins of the same diameter and pattern. Piedforts are not normally circulated, and are only struck for presentation purposes by mint officials, or for collectors, dignitaries and other VIPs. Piedfort coins were first recorded in France and Great Britain during the Middle Ages, with the first French piedforts appearing in the 12th century. The reason the coins were minted in piedfort form was probably to prevent them from being lost among normal circulating coins.
The "piefort" misspelling was noted as early as 1917, when the error had become common enough to warrant a mention in an early numismatic jargon dictionary:
"Piefort, or more properly, Piedfort, means literally any coin struck on an unusually thick planchet as a trial piece or essay."
Apparently, the folks in charge of the NGC Registry failed to read that reference.
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QEII Extra Thick
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